Gi High Sch - Kandy Grade 12

2nd Term Test – 2020

Information and Communication Technology

Paper I Time : 1 Hour and 30 Minutes
Answer all questions
1. Who developed the World Wide Web?
1) Joseph Jaquard 2) Blasé Pascal 3) Tim Berners-Lee
4) J.C.R. Licklider 5) Leonard Kleinrok
2. Consider the following phases in data life cycle
A- Management B- Removal of obsolete data
C- Processing D- Data creation
Which of the following answer represents the correct order of phases in the data life
cycle?
1) A, B, C 2) D, C, B 3) A, B, D 4) D, A, B
5) B, D, C
3) Which of the following is false?
1) Value of the information increases according to relevance for a person
2) Value of the information is reduced with the time
3) Information should be clear and unambiguous
4) Big data could correct from different sources
5) Qualitative data could be counted
4. Which of the following is not a drawback of manual data processing?
1) Used to make decisions
2) Errors may occur
3) Hard to share
4) Data inconsistency may occur
5) Updating is difficult

5) Which of the following is correct?

A) Tim Berners-Lee is the developer of the internet

B) The internet could be defined as a network of a networks
C) The forerunner of the internet is ARPANET
D) The internet uses TCP/IP protocol suit
1) All A, B, C and D 2) Only A, B and C
3) Only B, C and D 4) Only A, B and D
5) All incorrect
6) Consider following
A) WWW began in 1991
B) The internet is a service given by the WWW
C) WWW is directed by W3C
D) HTTP is the set of rules for exchanging files in WWW
Which of the above is/are correct?
1) Only A 2) Only A, B and C 3) A, C and D
4) Only B, C and D 5) All A, B, C and D
7) Which of the following is incorrect?
1) E-mail and web conferencing could be done through applications on clouds
2) MICR, OCR and bar code reader could be considered as input devices
3) CRT, LED and LCD are different types of monitors
4) Data access speed of the cache memory is slower than the primary memory
5) Graphic processing unit is manipulate and alter memory to creation of images
8) Consider following
A) System software is designed to operate and control the computer hardware
B) Operating systems, Utility software and language translators are software
Which of the following is correct?
1) A and B both are correct and B explains examples of A
2) A and B both are correct and B does not explains examples of A
3) A is correct but B is incorrect
4) A is incorrect but B is correct
5) Both A and B are incorrect
9) Consider following
A) Source code is available and is free to use, modify or redistribute
B) Python, Ubuntu, My SQL
Which of the following is correct?
1) A explains Open source software and B gives examples of A
2) A explains proprietary software and B gives examples of A
3) A explains Open source software and B gives examples of proprietary software
4) A explains proprietary software and B gives examples of open source software
5) A does not explains open source or proprietary software and B gives examples of
open source or proprietary software

10) Which of the following is incorrect?

1) Abacus is the first calculating device in the world
2) Stepped Reckoner was invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
3) The first mechanical computer is difference engine
4) Electronic valve was invented by Forest
5) Automatic sequence controller is the first digital computer
11) Which of the following is correct?
1) EDSAC was the first full size stored program computer
2) EDVAC is the first automatic computer
3) ENIAC is a third generation computer
4) UNIVAC is a second generation computer
5) Mark 1 is a first generation computer
12) Which of the following is incorrect?
1) Dot matrix printer prints by striking an ink ribbon against the paper
2) A laser beam draws the document on a Selenium coated drum while printing of
Laser Printer.
3) Ink jet printer has tiny nozzles to spray ink onto the paper
4) Graphic plotter is a non-impact printer
5) Laser printer is an impact printer

13) Consider following statements

A- Flash drive and memory cards are solid state memory devices
B- Flash drives and memory cards use electrically erasable programmable read only
memory technology
1) A and B both are correct and B explains A
2) A and B both are correct and B does not explain A
3) A is correct but B is incorrect
4) A is incorrect but B is correct
5) Both A and B are incorrect
14). Consider following statements
A- A type of computation
B- Large number of computers connected to solve complex problems
C- large problems divided into smaller ones and solved at the same time.
Which of the above explainis parallel computing?
1) All A, B and C 2) A and B only 3) A and C only
4) B and C only 5) None of the above
15) Consider following statements
A- Consists of one main computer that distributes information and tasks to a group of
networked computers.
B- Not applicable to the tasks not be able to divide equally
Which of the following is correct?
1) Both A and B explains parallel computing
2) Both A and B explains grid computing
3) A explains grid computing and B explains parallel computing
4) A explains parallel computing and B grid computing
5) A and B both do not explain parallel or grid computing
16) Consider following
A- A system which provides data transportation
B- A system transmits control signals
C- A single computing computer with two or more processing units
Which of the above are explain micro programming, Control bus and data bus
respectively?
1) A, B and C 2) B, A and C 3) A, C and B
4) B, C and A 5) C, B and A
17) Consider following

A- Synchronizes itself with the computer system

B- Continuously refreshed or it will lose its contents
Which of the following is correct?
1) Only A is a behavior of DRAM 2) Only B is a behavior of DRAM
3) A and B both are behavior of DRAM
4) A and B both are not behavior of DRAM
5) A is a behavior of SRAM while B is behavior of DRAM

18) Which of the following is equal to decimal 77 ?

A-110011012 B- 1138 C-4B16

1) Only A 2) Only A and B 3) Only B and C
4) Only A and C 5) All A, B and C

19) Which of the following is equal to BCD 1101111001?

A-37916 B- 1011110112 C-15718
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only A and C
4) Only A and B 5) All A, B and C
20) Which of the following is equal to octal 255.248?
A-173.3125 B- 10101101.01012 C-AD.516
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only A and B
4) All A, B and C 5) None of the above

21) Which of the following is equal to one’s compliment of -61 ?

1) 00111101 2) 11000010 3) 00111110
4) 11000100 5)10111100

22) Which of the following is equal to two’s compliment of ?

1) 0011001 2) 11001010 3) 11001011
4)00110110 5) 11001110
23) Which of the following is equal to 110011012 + 1101012 ?
A-10000001012 B- 4028 C-10216
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only A and B
4) Only B and C 5) All A, B and C

24) Which of the following is equal to 6718+1001112?

A-1100100102 B- 5228 C 19216
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only A and B
4) Only B and C 5) All A, B and C

25) Which of the following is equal to NOT 11011101?

A-001000102 B-3428 C-DD16
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only A and B
4) Only A and C 5) All A, B and C

26) Consider following logic circuit

Which of the following gives the correct logic equation for the output Q?
1) A AND B 2) A OR B 3) A XOR B
4) A XNOR B 5) NOT (A AND B)

Which of the following is the SOP equation for F A B A’ C B’ C’

A’ B’ A C’ B C’ A.B A’.C B’.C’
A.B B’.C B’.C’ A.B’ A’.C’ B’.C’
A’.B’ A.C’ B.C

28) Which of the following Karnaugh map represents F=A’BCD ABC’D’ A’BCD’ ABCD AB’C’D
29) Consider following Karnaugh map
Which of the following logic equation is shown by the map?
1) A’B’C’D’ A’BC’D A’B’C’D ABCD A’BCD
2) A’BCD’ A’BC’D A’BC’D ABCD’ A’BCD
3) A’B’C’D’ A’BC’D A’B’C’D ABCD A’BCD
4) ’B’C’D’ A’B’C’D A’B’C’D ABCD A’B’CD
5) A’B’C’D’ A’BC’D A’B’C’D AB’C’D A’BC’D
6)
30) Consider following Karnaugh map

Which of the following shows the simplified logic equation for the map?
1) P Q R S +P Q +PQ +PQ +PQ +PQ +PQ +PQ
2) P Q R S + +PQ + +PQ + +PQ +PQ
3) P Q +PQ +P
4) PQ +P +PQ
5) P Q +PQ +P
31) Consider following statements
A-Output depends not only on the present inputs but also on the previous inputs and
outputs
B-Flip Flops
Which of the following is true?
1) A explains combinational circuits and B gives Examples of A
2) A explains sequential circuits and B gives examples of A
3) A explains combinational circuits and B gives examples of sequential circuits
4) A explains sequential circuits and B gives examples of combinational circuits
5) A does not explain combinational circuits or sequential circuits and B gives examples
of combinational circuits or sequential circuits
32) Consider following statements
A-Has 3 inputs and 2 outputs
B-Combinational circuit
C-Capable to perform simple addition with carry in and carry out
Which of the above is/are about half adder circuit ?
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C
4) Only A and C 5) All A, B and C

33) Consider following statements

A-No direct access to the hardware
B-Single user system
C-Processor sat idle during I/O
Which of the above is/are about simple batch systems ?
1) Only A and B 2) Only B and C 3) Only A and C
4) All A, B and C 5) None of the above

34) Which of the following does not explain feathers of multi-programmed batch system?
1) Minimizes the process idle time during I/O
2) Memory is partitioned to hold multiple programs
3) Programs are recorded in a magnetic tape
4) When the current program waiting for I/O, OS switchers processor to execute
another program in the memory
5) Introduced In the third generation

35) Consider following statements

A-Introduced with Microsoft Disk Operating system
B-Files could be shrunk or expanded
Which of the following is correct about the statements?
1) A explains FAT file system and B explains NTFS file system
2) A explains NTFS file system and B explains FAT file system
3) Both A and B explains FAT file system
4) Both A and B explains NTFS file system
5) A and B does not explain FAT or NTFS file systems

36) Which of the following is false about linked allocation?

1) MS DOS is an example of FAT file 2) Many seeks requested to access files
3) Does not occur external fragmentation
4) Difficult to extend file size 5) File access time is high
37) Which of the following is incorrect?
1) Contiguous allocated files are easy to access
2) External fragmentation could occur in continues allocation
3) Needed to keep track of unused disk space in the linked allocation
4) Unix file system is used in indexed allocation method
5) Each block contains a link to next block in the linked allocation method

38) Consider following statements

A-An interrupt is an event that alters the sequence of execution of process
B-The time which an interrupt can occur is unpredictable
C- Interrupts do not occur due to time expiry of an input output service
Which of the above is/are about correct ?
1) Only A 2) Only A and B 3) Only A and C
3) Only B and C 5) All A, B and C
39) What is low level formatting?
1) Preparing a data storage device for initial use
2) Preparation of basic medium
3) Disk partitioning
4) Generating new file system
5) Generating the index file

40) Consider following statements

A-Selects a process from a pool and loads them into the memory execution
B-Process swapping scheduler
C- Slower than other two schedulers
Which of the above is/are about short term scheduler?
2) Only A 2) Only A and B 3) Only A and C
4) All A, B and C 5) None of above